If there’s one thing most employees (and some HR professionals for that matter) hate, it’s performance reviews.

Jack Dorsey – the former co-founder of Twitter – hates them so much that, that at the end of 2023 he made the news when he announce that his new organization – Block – would be banning them altogether.

The big irony with performance reviews is that according to Workhuman Analytics & Research, 55% of workers do not actually think performance reviews improve performance. Most employees get anxious with them, and many argue their structure focuses too much on historic performance rather than future potential and capability. READ MORE